[text] Formal excuses

[demifemme]

*A message appears on the network late at night.*

dear ppl of hinoto-ri

i apologize for tearing gemini apart w/ kazuya

i dunno what came over me apparently it has 2 do with the torus thing?

anyway

im sorry i tried 2 hand over ur world 2 demons

theres reasons 4 that

i wont explain here cuz ill look like i wanna play whos got it worst

the point is

im rly sorry about all the damage 2 gemini & hurtin the ppl who fought me & kaz

thank u 2 the ppl who stopped us & im sorry again 4 the mess

goodnite hinoto-ri

Comments

[Voice]

[prettytamer]

So that's really...

It's not a problem! We couldn't let you do it and we couldn't let you feel terrible about it when you came to your senses.

[Voice]

[demifemme]

I hope everyone thinks like you...

[Voice]

[prettytamer]

I bet a lot of people will, and you can be friends with those people.

Re: [Voice]

[demifemme]

Yeah... thanks, whoever you are.

[Voice]

[prettytamer]

I'm Midori Komaki, I'm one of Kazuya's friends from home.

[Voice]

[demifemme]

Oh. Have you seen Kazuya lately? I hope he's okay...

[Voice]

[prettytamer]

Not since the fight!

[Voice]

[demifemme]

... shit. Me neither.

[Voice]

[prettytamer]

He's probably just embarrassed about it.

[Voice]

[demifemme]

I hope it's just that...

[Voice]

[prettytamer]

...Me too.

[Voice] [Private]

[bakegarasu]

It's fine. I can't feel pain. The two people who were with me can heal easily.

[Voice] [Private]

[demifemme]

That's... I guess it's good to hear?

[Voice] [Private]

[bakegarasu]

Basically, don't worry about it. Everyone's fine now.

[Voice] [Private]

[demifemme]

I hope so. *She sighed* This is why I need friends who can stop me dead.

[Voice] [Private]

[bakegarasu]

... Don't be like that. A real friend wouldn't want to kill you, even if you were doing those things. You're not a bad person. You just did some stupid things. There's a difference.

[Voice] [Private]

[demifemme]

...

...

thank you... *Shura might be sobbing a bit on the other end.*

[Voice] [Private]

[bakegarasu]

I've seen plenty of good people do stupid things. I've also seen terrible people do good things. People are complicated. They do stuff like that. It doesn't make them any less of a person.

[Well. There are exceptions. But those people are... special.]

[Voice] [Private]

[demifemme]

*Shura was trying to be good! In a twisted way. But it's good to be reminded by someone outside her situation that she is a good person. Please excuse the tears.*

[Voice] [Private]

[bakegarasu]

[Um.]

[What do.]

Are you... going to be okay?

[Voice] [Private]

[demifemme]

Yes.

*sniff*

Sorry, it... comes out at the seams sometimes.

[Voice] [Private]

[bakegarasu]

[He's not so good with the emotions. Uh.]

... It's fine. It... happens.

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[emperor_penguin]

Ain't like you were the only one out of her gourd that night.

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[demifemme]

So it seems, but I don't think anybody else tried to give Hinoto-Ri back to the demon population...

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[emperor_penguin]

Maybe not, but sittin' around feelin' sorry for yourself ain't gonna change that.

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[demifemme]

... *she sighed* Guess not...

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[emperor_penguin]

C'mon out and have a drink. Get your head on straight.

Video

[demifemme]

Sounds like a good idea right now...

Video

[emperor_penguin]

[DeDeDe's already pouring two glasses of whiskey.]

Action

[demifemme]

*Shura arrives as soon as the late night train takes her to the Red Lights district. Running to the Penguin's Nest is not exactly new to her. Neither is going in and getting whistles from that one succubus who keeps poking her about her shirtless state. She heads right to the office and walks in.*

Hey.

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[emperor_penguin]

Hey yourself.

[DeDeDe picks up one of the glasses of whiskey, clinking the ice around in it as he rattles it in Shura's direction.]

C'mon in, have a seat.

Action

[demifemme]

*Shura walks to a chair, lets herself fall in it, then reaches out to take her glass of whiskey.*

Thanks. I dunno why it's bothering me more tonight, but it is.

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[emperor_penguin]

We all got our demons. Some of us just have more of 'em than others.

[demifemme]

"Heh. I miss those guys too." She took a sip of whisky, coughing after swallowing.

[emperor_penguin]

Careful there, that stuff's got a kick to it.

[demifemme]

"I... see..." That had been a nice kick. Her magatama was wide awake now, and not especially pleased.

"Heh. It's good, but Marogareh is not too happy."

[emperor_penguin]

Maro who now?

[demifemme]

Oops. Oh well. She might as well spill.

"Marogareh is the parasite that lives here," she said, pointing at the base of her horn. "He transformed me into a demon, long ago."

[emperor_penguin]

And he... lives inside of ya now?

[DeDeDe raises an eyebrow, leaning in closer as if that would allow him a look at the actual parasite somehow.]

[demifemme]

"Yeah. It's like... I feed him, he helps me stay alive. And he teaches me things." The parasite is, of course, nowhere to be seen from the surface.

[emperor_penguin]

Yeah, well, tell him a little good whiskey never killed nobody.